These two books make great presents for boys. Our son got his first one when he was five years old and he loves them. Each page has a great big pop-up in the middle and lots of smaller pop-ups in the corners. There’s also lots of interesting information – I usually just read a couple […]
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Read Samantha’s Story for a 3 year old’s courageous battle with cancer. It’s both a tear jerker and heart warming.
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Adopting from overseas is very popular but not easy. The process starts with the research – which countries are an option (including the US), what are their rules, costs, corruption levels, etc. China has published their new adoption rules. They must have more than enough foreigners looking to adopt because the new rules are much
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Frank says I’m too hard on our six year old sometimes. I don’t think my expectations are too high or too hard but I do think I could use a more positive approach sometimes. "Don’t do that!" and "that’s not very good manners" are certainly not teaching how to behave but rather how not to
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Here’s a great post on why physical punishment often doesn’t have the desired effect. Some Reasons: Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids. I think it applies to all punishment, not just spanking. Some I definitely agree with: 1. If you hit your kid, they are likely to hit others, because hitting must be ok.
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